Working paper on trends in rural women's labour force participation and fertility patterns in China. Examines rural … development policy based on the responsibility of the individual, household or work brigade for agricultural production. Covers … women workers in agricultural employment and rural industry, household income, living conditions, marriage, family planning …

, especially in Iran. China's interests in the Middle East increasingly collide with those of the US, which has brought about a … in the region. Relations with Iran offer China various possibilities for balancing US influence. A decisive factor for … China's Iran policy are its regulatory ideas aiming to establish equality of influence between the major global powers in a …

’s common integrated electricity grid. China is gaining considerable influence in the electricity sector, setting standards and … EU, China, Russia and - across the Black Sea - Iran and Turkey are competing in these zones to influence the …

There has been a great deal of talk about whether and how China will manage its need to provide enough energy to ensure … to the political discourse, China is either a global leader on clean energy technologies and transformation or the … and a laggard? China's ability to be both lies in the pace of its current energy transformation, its size, and its …

"This study examines China's 13th Five-Year Plan, the most authoritative strategic blueprint for the country's economic … policies -- Variations on a theme : sectoral and regional patterns -- Implications for China, MNCs, and the global economy …